Universal health care in Thailand: Concerns among the health care workforce

Health Policy

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 17-22

  Thoresen, Stian H ^a   Fielding, Angela ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attitude of health personnel; Health manpower; Health policy; Thailand; Universal coverage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; THAILAND; WORKLOAD;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; THAILAND; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE;

EID: 78649949421     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2010.07.010     Document Type: Article

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